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Caption Character Counter

Paste a caption: see characters, words and hashtags, and how much room is left on TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, X and LinkedIn.

  • Characters138
  • Characters, no spaces114
  • Words21
  • Hashtags3
  • Mentions0
  • Lines5
  • TikTok caption139 / 2,200

    2,061 left

  • Instagram caption138 / 2,200

    2,062 left · 3/5 hashtags

  • YouTube title138 / 100

    38 over

  • YouTube description138 / 5,000

    4,862 left · 3/60 hashtags

  • X post140 / 280

    140 left

  • LinkedIn post138 / 3,000

    2,862 left

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Caption limits by platform

PlatformLimitNotes
TikTok caption2,200Counted in UTF-16 units by TikTok's Content Posting API
Instagram caption2,200Graph API: 30 hashtags, 20 @ tags; Instagram is moving to 5 hashtags
YouTube title100Per YouTube Help
YouTube description5,000Over 60 hashtags and YouTube ignores them all
X post280Links count 23; emoji and CJK characters count 2
LinkedIn post3,000Per LinkedIn Help

Checked on the pages listed under Sources on 28 October 2026. Platforms change limits; the app you post in has the final say.

How it counts

Characters are counted the way you see them: an emoji with a skin tone is one character. The TikTok bar counts UTF-16 units, as TikTok's API does, so some emoji count as two there. The X bar uses X's weighted count: every link is 23, emoji are 2.

Hashtags are counted wherever they appear in the caption. Duplicates are flagged, since repeating a tag adds length and nothing else.

Worked example

A 140-character caption with three hashtags and one emoji.

Instagram: 2,060 characters left. TikTok: 2,059, because the emoji is 2 UTF-16 units.

X: about 141 weighted characters (the emoji counts 2), 139 left.

Instagram hashtags: 3 of 5.

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Questions

What is the Instagram caption limit?

2,200 characters, per Meta's Instagram Graph API documentation. Hashtags, emoji, spaces and line breaks all count.

How many hashtags can I use on Instagram?

The Graph API documents 30, but in December 2025 Instagram said it would gradually limit captions to five hashtags per post or reel. Plan for five.

What is the TikTok caption limit?

TikTok's Content Posting API allows captions up to 2,200 UTF-16 units. The in-app limit can differ, so check the app if you're writing long captions.

How long can a YouTube title and description be?

100 characters for the title and 5,000 for the description, per YouTube Help.

How many characters is an X post?

280, weighted: links count as 23 and each emoji as 2, per X's developer docs.

Is my caption saved?

No. It's counted in your browser and never sent anywhere.